(support group through the church)

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the support. Just to let you know I cry every time I go to church so

don't feel bad. We met with our priest a few weeks ago and he made me feel much

better about crying in church. He told us that what has happened to my dh and I

has effects everyone in the church community because as we come to mass we come

as a community not as an individual and my expression of sadness and pain is to

be shared by all. (I don't know if I said that right but what he said was

close) As far as the Ministry I know that it is in part geared towards

women who have had abortions, but I spoke to the woman who runs the group in my

area and she told me that it is also geared to people who have had miscarriages

and other losses. She had a miscarriage herself and that is how she became

active in the ministry. I guess I'll just go and see.

As far as other support groups a church in our parish does have a general

bereavement support group that we were referred to, but have not yet attended.

I have also heard of a church that conducts a regular mass that is geared

towards families who have loss children. The daughter of a woman I work with

lost a child at eight years and that church has been very helpful to her

throughout the year since her loss.

I guess the best thing to do is to try to talk to your priest and start

networking from there.